Subject: Re: any volunteer to make a simple pkgsrc man page?
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Jason White <jdwhite@jdwhite.org>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 02/24/2006 17:55:59
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 02:37PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>- maybe make "currently containing over" its own sentence.
It is worth having in there at all? I've removed it for the time being.
>- also it works fine with commercial software -- so "freely available" is
>not accurate.
Removed.
>- "Support for binary-only distributions ... NetBSD emulated platforms"
>sentence is unclear to me.
Removed.
>- in your "The installation prefix," sentence maybe add "configuration
>file locations, " also.
Added to FILES section.
>- normally man pages are sorted first by section and then alphabetically
>for your SEE ALSO section.
Fixed.
>And as a roff style rule we attempt to follow:
>each new sentence in your roff source start on a new line -- it will
>render the same, but easier to read and edit the roff source itself.
>For example, move "It is" to a new line (and reformat as appropriate).
>
>(Including your ".It" entries for manpages, put on multiple lines.)
Fixed.
>- many packages provide start up scripts and default and example
>configurations and your custom configurations are not removed nor
>overwritten on deinstalls or installs.
>
>- Most of pkgsrc can be used to install and use software without any root
>privilege.
Added.
I rewrote the sections before the feature list. Latest version, same
location:
http://www.jdwhite.org/~jdwhite/netbsd/pkgsrc.7
Feedback welcomed.
-Jason
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